Shoe-repairing tool.



H; F. PABST 5: H. EPSTBIN.

SHOE- REPAIRING TOOL. APPLICATION FILED FBB.24, 1914.

1,121,941 Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

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HENRY F. PABST AND HENRY EPSTEIN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SHOE-REPAIRING TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1914.-

Application filed. February 24, 1914. Serial No. 820,711.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY F. PABST and HENRY Ers'rnm, citizens of the United States, and residents of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Repairing Tools, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to improvements in a shoe repairing tool, and has for its object a handle equipped with a lever mechanism, a detachable insert-toe on which is placed a strip of stiffening material, the outer surface of which is coated with glue or other adhesive material which tip is to be inserted in the box toe of a shoe by the insertion of the tool when the toe of the shoe becomes broken, and by the manipulation of the lever the stiffening material is removed from the insert-toe so that the tool can be removed.

Figure 1, is a perspective view of our complete invention. Fig. 2, is a vertical central sectional view of the same. Fig. 8, is a horizontal sectional view of the detachable insert-toe. Fig. 4, is a sectional view of a portion of a shoe showing the insert-toe in position as applying the stiffening strip in the shoe toe. Fig. 5, is a detail perspective view of the bottom end of the tool on which the insert-toe is detachably connected showing the plunger by which the stiffening strip is removed from the insert-toe.

Our invention as constructed consists of a handle 6, composed of two sections 7 and 8. These sections are properly connected together with screws 9, or like fastening devices, and the handle when formed is so shaped, as shown in the illustration, as to permit the tool to be easily inserted into an ordinary shoe of any style.

In the handle is located a lever mechanism consisting of a bell-crank lever 10, pivoted in the handle at the point indicated by the numeral 11; its free end terminating into a trigger 12, the opposite end of the bellcrank lever being pivotally connected to a connecting bar 13, the opposite end of which is pivoted to the shoe arm of a second bellcrank lever 14, pivoted in the handle at the point indicated by the numeral 15, the long end of this bell-crank lever being provided with a head 16, which operates in a slot 17, formed in an enlargement 18, of a plunger- 19. This plunger is designed to operate in a horizontal portion 20, of the handle; and in order to limit the rearward movement of said plunger, we place on the same trunnlons 21, which contact with the edge 22, of the horizontal portion of the handle.

The rearward movement of the plunger is controlled by a spring 23, located in the upper portion of the handle and one end thereof is connected to the bell-crank lever 10, and by its tension the lever mechanism is normally held in position as that shown in the drawing. On the horizontal portion 20, of the handle is placed a detachable inserttoe 24. This toe is constructed of rigid material such as wood from which ordinary shoe lasts are made. The back portion is provided with a plate 25, which has a projecting sleeve 26, and said sleeve is in direct alinement with the. opening 27, formed in the toe, through which the plunger 19, operates. This sleeve is provided with two openings located preferably opposite, and through which are permitted to project lugs 28, formed on springs 29, secured to the plate 25; and these lugs are arranged to seat themselves into cavities 30, formed on the horizontal portion 20, of the handle so as to lock said toe in position on the handle, but yet by removing the lugs the toe can be removed and another toe of different shape can be placed in position on the handle. The outer surface of the toe 24:, is provided with clamping springs 31, under which is placed the edge of the strip of stiffening ma- 1 terial 82. When the strip has been placed in position on the toe the outer surface of this strip is coated with some adhesive material, such as shellac, or glue used in the shoe trade. The tool is then inserted in the shoe and the stiffening material placed in position in the boX of the toe, as shown in Fig. 4c, and when in position the trigger is manipulated throwing the plunger outward removing the stiffening material from the toe and permitting it to stick in the inner surface of the shoe toe, the position of which is clearly shown in Fig. 4:. When this is done the operator can then manipulate the tool after having released the trigger, and by bringing the insert-toe in contact with the strip can iron out the toe so as to remove any wrinkles or breaks; and after the material has thoroughly dried the box toe of the shoe becomes firm and as rigid as new. 1

Having fully described our invention what we claim is:

1. A shoe repairing tool, comprising a handle, a lever mechanism carried thereby, an insert-toe detachably secured to said handle, and a plunger operated by said lever mechanism and adapted to project through said insert-toe for removing adhesive stifiening material from said insert-toe after said material has been applied to the interior of a shoe toe by means of said tool, substantially as specified.

2. A tool of the class described, comprising a handle suitably bent and shaped to be readily inserted into a shoe, a lever mechanism carried by said handle, an insert-toe detachably secured to said handle, clamping means carried by said insert-toe for gripping a strip of adhesive stiffening material supported on said insert-toe, and a plungerlocated in said handle and operated by said lever mechanism, said plunger operating through and being arranged to have its free end projected beyond said insert-toe, substantially as specified.

3. A tool of the class described, comprising a handle, a spring controlled lever mechanism carried thereby, a trigger for operating the same, an insert-toe, a plunger operated by said lever mechanism and adapted to project through said insert-toe for removing adhesive stiffening material from said insert-toe, after said material has been applied to the interior of a shoe toe by means of said tool, and means for detachably holding said insert-toe in proper relation on the handle, substantially as specified.

4;. A tool of the class described, comprising a handle, an insert-toe, a lever mecha nism, a plunger carried by the handle and operated by said lever mechanism, said plunger being adapted to project through said insert-toe for removing adhesive stiffening material from said insert-toe, clamping means located on said inserttoe for supporting the adhesive stiflfening material While the tool is being applied to the interior of a shoe toe, and means whereby the inserttoe is detachably held in set position on said handle, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, We have signed our names to this specification, in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HENRY F. PABST. HENRY EPSTEIN.

Witnesses:

ALFRED A. Eroxs, WALTER C. STEIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C." 

